Kerry Lee Bobo, a 53-year-old resident of Atwater, Calif., believed he could beat security by concealing his Sig Sauer .45-caliber handgun in the same material used for leftovers, according to court documents cited by The Smoking Gun.

Bobo’s KLM flight was from San Francisco to Amsterdam on Thursday, according to the federal complaint.

The suspect said he was going on to Nairobi from Amsterdam and needed the gun “to protect himself from animals while in Kenya,” officials said.